Selective hearing - is common with eclipse chasers when it comes to weather reports. In my own experience it did not matter how the rest of the trip went so long as the eclipse was visible.

(copyright 2012) Bill Kramer - created using iPad and Artrage app.

Eclipse trip report - It is all about the weather when it comes to eclipse trip reporting. And only the weather during the eclipse. So long as the eclipse is seen, the trip is considered as a great success. - (c)2012 Bill Kramer

Calculation Error - Doing your own eclipse calculations could result in being in the wrong place. It is always best to double check (and more) with other resources including this website. While it is not difficult to calculate the circumstances for an eclipse, it is tedious. That means it is not too hard to end up a missing decimal point or dropping a sign. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Education - Sometimes the local translation is not all that clear when describing upcoming solar eclipse events. At one eclipse our tour director had a sense of humor and told everyone the costumed hotel staff had spears in case the sun did not return when we were done eclipsing it. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Mobility - Mobility means move it when you must. If you are on a ship, then move to clear sky. Look for the sparkles on the water. It is that simple. What kind of lame brain parks a ship in the ocean and hopes the weather is cooperative? - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Mobility - Close is not enough when it comes to a total solar eclipse. Being just outside the zone of totality is orders of magnitude different when compared to what one can see inside the zone. Stay in the zone! - courtesy of Bill Kramer

The Press - Interviews with the press can sometimes be a chore. In this case the interviewer thinks an annular eclipse means it comes each year. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Extreme eclipse chaser - using a circus human cannon to get above the clouds. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Extreme Eclipse Chaser - a rocket enhanced hang glider to get above the clouds. Looks like it make be clearing up though. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Extreme Eclipse Chaser - wing walking above the clouds with a tripod and camera, planned at the last second, would only be available for a couple die hard eclipse fanatics. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Kids and eclipses - when you bring kids to an eclipse, let them be kids and have a place to play away from the telescopes and cameras. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Kids at an Eclipses - From the perspective of a kid, watching it on TV is just like the real thing. Make sure they come outside to actually see it! - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Kids at a solar eclipse Except for the dynamic diamond rings and totality, most kids are much more interested in playing. And it will not seem as special to them, until years later when you hear them telling one of their friends about it. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Always improving Eclipse calculations are always improving. The current method was created in the late 1700s however it has undergone regular improvement to increase accuracy. Today, eclipse timing, with limb corrections, is accurate to about 1/10 of a second. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Inspiration The SAROS series is invented to simplify the work of astronomers way back when there were no computers, slide rules, decimal points, ... - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Always improving Eclipse calculations are always improving. The current method was created in the late 1700s however it has undergone regular improvement to increase accuracy. Today, eclipse timing, with limb corrections, is accurate to about 1/10 of a second. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Error Trusting automation for a solar eclipse photo shoot? Make double and triple sure the time and location are correct, check the GPS link (if using one), battery state, and then enjoy the show! - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Jay Anderson An eclipse climate and weather expert of great reputation, Jay Anderson is a meteorologist out of Canada, works with Travel Quest for eclipse tours, and is a respected member of the eclipse chaser community. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

2017 Eclipse In 2017 a total solar eclipse visits the American lower 48 cutting from Oregon through to South Carolina. To see the eclipse as total, one must be positioned along the central path. Eclipse maps are available at a number of places with details. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

What will you see? You see in an eclipse what you bring to the event. Religious minded people will see a miracle, science minded might see something they have studied for the first time, children will imagine all sorts of things. It is kind of like looking at clouds and seeing shapes. But it goes by too quickly. Regardless of where your mind comes from, it is a marvelous thing to behold. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Modern multimedia Several friends and colleagues have started modern media campaigns to alert people to the 2017 total solar over the USA. Just wait until the other ones show up! Let us hope we have a head start and some momentum by then to counter the wrong information that will be appearing in droves. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Science Club Experiment Idea Do you have a science club at school? You can do scientific data gathering during a solar eclipse (total or partial). - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Science Club Experiment Idea Weather statistics during a solar eclipse are of interest to meteorologists and eclipse experts. Help gather data by recording the temperature, wind, and other specifics during the course of a solar eclipse. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Photographic quandary Do you take long focal length images or landscape images? Both can be fun and challenging subjects during the short time period of totality. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Eclipse in Space How cool would it be to see an eclipse from a sub orbital space craft? That could become reality in the next decade or so. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Mega Movie Project Plans are underway to film the 2017 TSE along the path and create a single movie. Of course this could mean that union contractors get involved and lighting will be called in. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Enforcer An eFlight is one that views an eclipse out one side of the airplane. Sometimes, to make a little extra cash, travel companies will sell the other side of the aircraft too. A side enforcer is needed in those cases! - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Overload Contrails are a common sight in most of the USA. They are vapor clouds left behind high flying aircraft. When an eclipse is overhead, aircraft should avoid flying over clear areas! - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Ultimate Chasing a solar eclipse in a suborbital flight. How many years until we see that? - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Rocket Eclipse Rocket science is a tricky thing. Building one just to fly into space to see a (very) short eclipse is not logical. The umbra moves slower than a rocket. Better to use a super sonic aircraft with adequate windows! - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Birth of a slogan Seen the GreatAmericanEcliose.com web site yet? This is how they got the slogan. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

Refinement Sometimes it takes some effort to refine a slogan. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

SEC2014 Our group at the SEC2014 set up for the partial solar eclipse. - courtesy of Bill Kramer

SEC2014 Three Amigos Xavier Jubier, Micheal Zeiler, Bill Kramer were just some of the gang at the Solar Eclipse Conference in Cloudcroft MN, and pre conference at Sunspot Observatory. - courtesy of Bill Kramer